Re: A Reverand Samuel Rutherford, co Monaghan, Ireland ca 1689???
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A Reverand Samuel Rutherford, co Monaghan, Ireland ca 1689???
Lois Johnson 10/14/05
Yes well done Lois. But I have several questions, I noted that James' will was for 1668 and Samuel was born " cal. 1659 ", who raised Samuel if James was his father? 2nd question would be, is it possible that James' sisters didn't know they had a nephew? 3rd, Would a minor child be mentioned in a will that would have been done in Utrecht depending on the laws of the time and place? Last one is, is there a copy of the will someplace that would shed light on this matter? It would also appear that some one had to bring Samuel from the Netherlands back to Scotland where he was raised(?), he was 9 at the time of James death, and educated.
I also must make this clear of this as well, the compilers all had one thing in common, they tried to find whatever information was available to them at the time they wrote their books and that personal computers were just beginning in the last few years before WKR and KRD died and non existant for the writer of " The Gathering of the Clans ". WKR wrote numerous letters to places where records were known to be kept in Scotland, England and Ireland and did receive a good amount of info for his troubles, some of which he did not put in his books. He did NOT get all that he had hoped for but did make do with what he had. He and Anna spent their summers going through courthouse and church records in a effort to bring the American families together and did their best to connect the family lines.
I feel that discrediting the 3 authors for trying to do their best for what they had to do with is totally unjustifiable. We should also keep in mind that many of us have been able to find the ancestors we were looking for thanks mainly to the WKR books as well as the other authors too. The books are mearly to help guide us to those ancestors and it is still up to each one of us to PROVE that they or I should say that we belong to their family tree.
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Re: A Reverand Samuel Rutherford, co Monaghan, Ireland ca 1689???
Ronald Couch 10/20/05
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Re: A Reverand Samuel Rutherford, co Monaghan, Ireland ca 1689???
chuck rutherford 10/20/05
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Re: A Reverand Samuel Rutherford, co Monaghan, Ireland ca 1689???
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James Rutherfoord, 9 March 1668, Testament, Dative and Invetory
Lois Johnson 10/17/05